The F*ck It Diet with Caroline Dooner

Back from the dead! I've decided to share this episode to my old anti-diet feed as well as my new podcast "Problematic," since it has some crossover content... If you wanna find my new stuff, or the video version of this episode, you can find it at carolinedooner.substack.com. If you're still struggling with your relationship with food, make sure to read the book The F*ck It Diet!!! Find Isabel here: Her Website Her Instagram Her Twitter (aka Instagram for Men!) The Bitcoin Podcast Episode Isabel mentioned

Big update! The chaos is ending. Listen to this episode's intro for the explanation. This podcast is about to become an archive of old episodes, dedicated to The F*ck It Diet. But before it ends, I need one more chaotic moment: having to repost this episode that I already posted last month. Why? After all of that, trying to merge my old podcast into substack, I decided instead, to "split" my podcasts again, and leave The F*ck It (Diet) Podcast as it's own, standalone archive, that's specific to the food healing journey. This way, it will better be able to support new people who are reading the book, or just finding the information for the first time. But because I had the podcast merged for a few months over on substack, there were a few episodes that were posted on the new substack feed, that were not posted on the old feed. My episode with Irene on our nervous systems is one of them, so now that I've "split" the podcasts, it has to be "reposted" over here again, if I want it to be on this feed. And, I think this episode is really relevant to "The Emotional Part" of The F*ck It Diet. So I want it to be here! You may have already listened to my conversation with Irene back when I posted it last month! If that's the case, you can just listen to my new intro where I explain why I'm ending this podcast, and starting fresh somewhere else. My new podcast will be over at carolinedooner.substack.com (there, you can find the actual podcast link listings. So if you want to find my new podcast on spotify or apple, you're going to have to separately follow me over there!) Also! If you've listened to my conversation with Irene already, she is currently enrolling her yearly program Smart Body, Smart Mind through September 19th, 2022. If you've been wanting to go deep on nervous system and trauma work, make sure to check it out. To get some of her trainings for free, check out her free video series (it's like 2 hours worth of video lessons!). My Conversation with Irene Today I am sharing my conversation with Irene Lyon, a trauma expert, educator, and trained somatic practitioner. We talk about some of the basics of the nervous system, the body holding onto trauma, and some myths and misconceptions about how healing works. If you've read The F*ck It Diet or Tired as F*ck, you know how passionate I am about this method of healing, even though… I have been thinking about how much I should be getting back into focusing on it... And, as I say at the end of the episode, I actually just now am back into focusing on it. I just took Irene's 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up. And I love it all so much, that I am now an affiliate for it. What that means is, if you use my link for her program, and sign up, I will get a commission. As I mentioned above, Irene is currently enrolling her yearly program Smart Body, Smart Mind through September 19th, 2022. If you've been wanting to go deep on nervous system work, make sure to check it out! To go through some of her trainings for free, check out her free trauma healing video series (it's like 2 hours worth of video lessons!) You can also find Irene on instagram here. *** If you're reading the F*ck It Diet book and want some structure + extra belief work + bonus content + 32+ hours of video Q&A replays? You can check out my F*ck It Diet Self-Study, it's the book companion course that uses the book as a text book. Woo.

Coming to you a day late (my Tuesday got filled with my friend visiting and then two instagram sagas) and $1034 short (you know, the catfish scam saga), with a new episode!My podcast episodes are usually going to be available for everyone, not just paid substack subscribers, and you can listen on substack, or on the major podcast player apps: aka, wherever you listen to podcasts.Today I am sharing my conversation with Irene Lyon, a trauma expert, educator, and trained somatic practitioner. We talk about some of the basic of the nervous system, the body holding onto trauma, and some myths and misconceptions about how healing works.If you’ve read The F*ck It Diet or Tired as F*ck, you know how passionate I am about this method of healing, even though… I have been knowing how much I should be getting back into focusing on it.And, as I say at the end of the episode, I actually just now am back into focusing on it, and I’m taking Irene’s 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up. And I love it so much, I am now an affiliate for it.So if you use my link for her program, and sign up, I will get commission :-)You can also check out her free Healing Trauma Video Training, there’s nearly two hours of training content + application homework. Can you tell I’m into it?You can also find Irene on instagram here.***Reading the F*ck It Diet book and want some structure + extra belief work + bonus content + 32+ hours of video Q&A replays? You can check out my F*ck It Diet Self-Study, it’s the book companion course that uses the book as a text book.Bye! More soon… Get full access to Problematic at carolinedooner.substack.com/subscribe

Sorry for that epic podcast delay… again. I didn’t know what I was doing with moving my podcast hosting, so it delayed everything a lot. Today I’m sharing my conversation with Seerut Chawla. (We recorded back at the beginning of April! Agh!) We talk about her brief foray into cancelling someone on the internet, her change of heart, and both of our experiences waking up to the insanity and cult dynamics of cancel culture… It’s a good one!Find Seerut’s instagram, twitter, and website.Housekeeping:ALSO! FINALLY! I’ve figured out how to transfer my podcast to my newsletter on substack, and to have it feed out to the established listings on apple, spotify, googs, etc… what that means is you can keep listening to it on a regular podcast player app, and/or you can sign up for my newsletter on substack and get the new podcast episodes send straight to your email (among other things.) Go to “manage your subscription” on substack, and add the podcast feed for the podcast app of your choice. If you are a paying subscriber, you can also add your unique paid podcast feed to apple, and maybe other players (not sure that it works on spotify) and you’ll also be able to access the audio versions of paid posts on that feed, as well as any rare premium episodes.Upcoming schedule for episode and posts:Right now, I’ll probably release an actual podcast episode, like this, once a month. But maybe more. But I will be releasing new content, on this newsletter, once a week. Every week I will alternate free and paid content. This week is free. Next week will be a paid post (another deleted chapter from Tired as F*ck) and the following week will be another free post (the story of the one time where I accidentally spear headed an internet pile-on), and on and on alternating like that: free, paid, free, paid.THANKS! BYE! HAPPY BELATED MEMORIAL DAY AND/OR HAPPY TUESDAY Get full access to Problematic at carolinedooner.substack.com/subscribe

Note: This episode was actually recorded for my other podcast, Problematic. But I originally recorded the conversation when, for a short time, my podcasts were merged. So don't let the outtro confuse you! Today I'm sharing my conversation with Seerut Chawla. We talk about her brief foray into cancelling someone on the internet, her change of heart, and both of our experiences waking up to the insanity and cult dynamics of cancel culture… It's a good one! Find Seerut's instagram, twitter, and website. THANKS! BYE! HAPPY BELATED MEMORIAL DAY AND/OR HAPPY TUESDAY

Trying to make sure it’ll post my new episodes FROM substack TO the correct feed! If it works, I’ll be releasing my new ep with Seerut Chawla on Tuesday :-) Get full access to Problematic at carolinedooner.substack.com/subscribe

Today's episode is a conversation with Lindsey Lockett, trauma educator and coach, and she tells her story of how she left Fundamentalist Christianity, the fallout in her body and mind of living so long in such a binary belief system, and how she found trauma healing and nervous system work. It's an amazing story, and I can't wait for you to hear it! Find Lindsey on instagram here Find Lindsey's website here And find my substack here

Today I am sharing my conversation with Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDRDS-S, where she talks about diet culture and purity culture in the church (and how is mirrors our culture at large!). We also chat about Gwen Shamblin, the infamous "Christian" cult leader, and the way the bible was (mis)interpreted. Though, today's episode is from the perspective how to change the mindset in the church from a focus on purity, to one of love, acceptance, and "grace" (a word Leslie breaks down in the conversation!). This episode is for all people, regardless of your religion, because the parallels run so deep. And next episode will be a different conversation of leaving Fundamental Christianity and finding trauma healing. Find Leslie on instagram and her website here Read the beginning of Tired as F*ck or The F*ck It Diet Find Summer Innanen's free Body Neutrality Workshop here: bodyneutralityworkshop.com

Is the anti-diet world culty too? Yes. It can be. (Anything can be!) Therapist and Coach Catie Lynch and I unpack extremism in the anti-diet world, black and white thinking, “cancel” culture and mob mentality online, as well as what true healing from an eating disorder looks like beyond outrage. “Can we focus on actually creating the life that diet culture took from us, instead of spending the rest of our life angry at diet culture?” I also talk about microdosing, medical marijuana, restless leg syndrome, human design (we are both “projectors”), and MORE. Find Catie's general account here, and business coaching account here. Also! My second book is out! You can read more about extremism and my restless legs in Tired as F*ck

Hello! Today's episode is short and sweet... I'm starting off with a 10 minute audio-chapter from the audiobook of Tired as F*ck. And, that audio clip just so happens to be about anxiety, and what it's like to be a person with a normal amygdala (aka, not a psychopath). Then, I go over the three different "categories" of anxiety you will deal with when healing your relationship with food and weight! This episode is brought to you by Tired as F*ck, coming out on February 8th! Read the beginning! Get your pre-order bonuses! And Summer Innanen's Free Body Neutrality Workshop. bodyneutralityworkshop.com

January 5th was the 10 year anniversary of The F*ck It Diet!!! (and my 34th birthday!) It's not the ten year anniversary of the book... but of my actual journey on The F*ck It Diet. So, in celebration, I got on instagram live and read two excerpts from my new book Tired as F*ck, where I talk about what my TFID "epiphany," and what the beginning of my actual journey looked like. THEN the next day, my computer broke, so I'm currently posting this from my new $126 backup chrome book while my macbook pro gets fixed. But in this episode, I'm sharing the clip from instagram live where I read those two excerpts!!! Tired as F*ck comes out in exactly one month! On February 8th!!! If you want to receive the rest of the excerpt where I share the beginning of my own f*ck it diet, pre-order Tired as F*ck, screenshot your proof of purchase, and then go to thefuckitdiet.com/fun and sign up for the pre-order bonuses!

Today's conversation is with Africa Brooke! Coach, writer, podcaster, and author of the viral open letter, "Why I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness." We talk about her journey to where she is now, the dynamics behind what we call "cancel culture," the parallels between our own healing journeys, and tons more. Find Africa on Instagram here Find Africa's website here   And if you want to help me/the podcast: Check Out my second book Tired as F*ck!

In today's episode, reporter Jessica DeFino explains how our skin works, and how beauty culture is actually damaging our skin health with skin "care" products. This is one of my favorite episodes on my podcast so far, (up there with my Laziness Does Not Exist episode from a year ago). Just like our relationship with food and diets, where we are led to believe we need diets, which leads to worse health and a worse relationship with food longterm… the same thing is true for our skin. Beauty companies have convinced us we need their products, but their products are disrupting our natural skin barrier and biome, and lead us to needing MORE of their products. Great for them. Not so great for us. Important Links: Find Jessica's Substack: The Unpublishable Read the beginning of Tired as F*ck Pre-order Tired AF and get your pre-order bonuses (including Author's Commentary on The F*ck It Diet book)

Today I am talking to TWO different dietitians who specialize in PCOS with an Anti-Diet approach. But this episode is NOT just for people with PCOS. Anyone who has ever been told to lose weight for their health can enjoy and find value in this episode. My first conversation is with Kirsten Mellott, who specializes in PCOS, and also has PCOS herself. And the second conversation is with Sam Abbott, a dietitian also specializing in PCOS. Clearly. I recommend following both accounts if you do not already! 5:45 - Conversation with Kirsten Mellott - @pcos.positivity 37:00 - Conversation with Sam Abbot - @pcos.nutritionist   Read the beginning of Tired as F*ck Sign up for pre-order bonuses

In this episode I chat with Amanda Montell, author of the book CULTISH and WORDSLUT. We talk about how many things get a little cultish and talk about our own past cultish diet attempts. Find Amanda on instagram Find Amanda's podcast Sounds Like a Cult And find her book wherever books are sold! ** My second book, Tired as F***: Here are the links if you want to read the beginning of my second book, or sign up for pre-order bonuses!!!

Today's episode is a conversation I had with Tash Ngindi, aka @thethicknutritionist. We talk about her early diet days, her disordered days in nutrition school, and her journey to realizing that weight loss does NOT work the way we think it does. Find and follow her here: @thethicknutritionist and thethicknutritionist.com *** And, as I mention at the end of the episode, you can read the beginning of my second book, Tired AF here: thefuckitdiet.com/tired  And learn about pre-order bonuses here: thefuckitdiet.com/tafbonus

I am back! In this episode I talk about what's been going on these past 8 months, and some things I want to talk about in the coming months on this podcast. But first, my second book, Tired as F***, is available for pre-order! Find our more info and sign up to read the first chapter at: thefuckitdiet.com/tired And find info on pre-order bonuses at: thefuckitdiet.com/tafbonus ** In this ep also talk about: social media problems instagram addiction cult mentality my new house and more!

I'll be back in a few months! See you soon for "season 2"

Today I talk to Larkin Silverman, aka vinyasavixen, about inclusive fitness, trauma informed fitness, plus sized pregnancy, and lots more! Find Larkin's site Find Larkin on instagram   Also, find Kate Brosnan, RD, the writer of the email I read on today's episode!   Sponsor of this episode: Dr. DiNezza and FODMAP Freedom This is for the peeps with IBS! Here is the truth: even if the low FODMAP diet offers temporary relief, it's not actually getting to the root of WHY you have IBS in the first place. FODMAP Freedom in 90 Days Dr. DiNezza teaches you how to finally get to the root cause of your IBS. Whether you're stuck on the low FODMAP diet or you're trying to avoid having to use it, FODMAP Freedom will give you the roadmap and support you need to get well. Dr. DiNezza has helped hundreds of people with IBS and SIBO cure those conditions, balance their guts, and enjoy a less restrictive diet. FODMAP Freedom is now open for enrollment this week only. And, if you sign up for the program today, February 15th, 2021, you'll get a bonus gift. Also, follow Dr. DiNezza on Instagram @TriangleGUTS to learn more about FODMAP Freedom and join her upcoming free workshop "Three Sneaky Things Holding You Back From IBS Success."

Today I talk to registered dietitian and intuitive eating counselor, Alissa Rumsey, about her upcoming book Unapologetic Eating, and her journey to intuitive eating. Alissa's Website Alissa's Instagram Alissa's Book   This episode's sponsor: FODMAP Freedom. This is for you if you have IBS and feel stuck on the low FODMAP diet. The low FODMAP diet might help alleviate some symptoms, but it's not getting to the root cause of why you have IBS in the first place. FODMAP Freedom in 90 Days Dr. DiNezza teaches you how to get to the root cause of your IBS. Whether you're stuck on the low FODMAP diet or you're trying to avoid having to use it, FODMAP Freedom will give you the roadmap and support you need to get well. Dr. DiNezza has helped hundreds of people with IBS and SIBO cure those conditions, balance their guts, and enjoy a less restrictive diet. Follow Dr. DiNezza on Instagram @TriangleGUTS to learn more about FODMAP Freedom and join her upcoming free workshop "Three Sneaky Things Holding You Back From IBS Success."

On today's episode I chat with Christyna Johnson, MS, RDN, LDN, and eating disorder specialist and registered dietitian. We talk about eating disorder recovery, why black people and people of color are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for their eating disorders, and she answers these listener questions: "How do I think about those studies that suggest low calorie extends life??"   “What are some of common ways the body is signaling hunger that may not be obvious to everyone?"  "Is it normal to lack energy during weight gain?" Find Christyna on Instagram Christyna's podcast: Intuitive Eating for the Culture -- And check out my Sponsor for this episode! Tanya Mark is a Non Diet Nutritionist, Body Image Coach, and she’s professionally certified in Intuitive Eating and Eating Psychology. She gets it. It’s not easy ditching diet culture’s BS messages. So if you’re ready to ditch food guilt and body shame for good, grab her free guide: 5 Steps to Stop Feeling Crappy About Your Body & Make Eating Easy. Just go to TANYAMARK.COM.   

This post and episode is brought to you by my live program, The F*ck It Diet Club. It's only running one time in 2021. Two months of live support, community, video Q&As, daily prompts, weekly beliefs to focus on, and all of us using TFID book as a textbook. Enrollment closes January 14th. Six years before I started my own "F*ck It Diet," I read the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, and decided I was going to heal my eating. I was 18 years old, and I'd already been extreme dieting for over 4 years. I was an extreme dieter, and an extreme binger. My weight violently yo-yo'd up and down every few months. And I was sure I was a food addict. Reading the Intuitive Eating book was the very first time I had any idea that dieting was toxic, and wired to backfire. It spoke to me. I wanted to heal. But I was young, and desperate, and still stuck in extreme self-objectification. I was about to go to school at NYU for Musical Theater, and I also had a lot of health issues that I'd been trying to heal with my extreme diets. I wanted to heal my relationship with food, but I wasn't ready. I also didn't really understand some very important parts of the journey to food and body freedom. Remaining thin was still my top goal, and there was really no way to fully heal while continuing to prioritize weight control. So over the next 6 years, while I thought I was eating intuitively, I was actually not. I was still dieting, and obsessing over my hunger and fullness cues, and calling it "intuitive eating." Then I'd read the books and blog posts from other "mindful eating" gurus, and assume they were continuing my education on intuitive eating, when in reality, they were taking me further and further away from true intuitive eating. Sometimes people read my work and think I'm ragging on Intuitive Eating and saying it doesn't work. I promise you, I am not. Intuitive eating is life changing, evidence based, and the dietitian authors of the book are trail-blazing experts who have changed more lives than anyone could begin to count. But people do misinterpret intuitive eating, en masse. A lot of those people become influencers themselves, and water down the intuitive eating teaching. There are a lot of deeply ingrained diet beliefs that many of us hold, that will keep us from truly eating intuitively, and instead, keep us in a quasi-healed state, where we're still sneakily micromanaging our food intake, which will inherently still keep us obsessed with food, and feeling out of control around food. I made a lot of mistakes during those 6 long years, so I'm sharing those mistakes in the hopes that you won't make the same mistakes I made. Ready???   1. I thought I had to listen really, really closely to my hunger and fullness cues Listening to your body is one thing. It's what we want! But listening obsessively? Not exactly what we want. And not exactly what is gonna lead to a better relationship with food. Here is the thing: after years of dieting, we usually feel REALLY out of control around food, so it makes sense that we assume that we need to pay extreme attention to every bite we take, and our exact level of hunger or fullness. The problem is, we don't trust ourselves or our bodies. We are still operating under the belief that our appetite has to be micromanaged. It actually doesn't. In the beginning of stepping away from diets, we are often extremely hungry, hungrier than we think is ok or healthy or rational. And we think it's a sign that we are out of control, and that our hunger needs to be curtailed. But actually, our hunger needs to be fed. Which brings me to....   2. I thought I would immediately eat a small / "perfect" amount of food Along the same lines, I thought when I started 'eating intuitively' - I'd eat small, perfect intuitive amounts of food. But that is still diet culture. That is still making assumptions about how much we "should" need to eat. Guess what?!?!

Today I'm sharing my chat with Annie, one of my very best friends from all the way back in High School. We talk about our disordered eating that started in high school, and how we got out of the diet cycle in our twenties. Annie also just had a baby and has things to say about toxic diet culture during pregnancy. Content Warning: Talk about disordered habits, disordered thoughts, and pregnancy weight gain amounts. Annie's current favorite pregnancy & post-partum accounts: @Drsterlingobgyn @drcassidy @mypelvicfloormuscles @ourmamavillage @prenatalyogacenter @karrie_locher @drnicolerankins @onestrongmamaprenatal Annie also mentioned that if anyone has questions for her about pregnancy/post-partum, they can follow her private instagram @anniebmccarthy and DM her :-) *** Sponsors: -TANYA MARK. Tanya is a non diet nutritionist, body image coach, and she’s professionally certified in Intuitive Eating and Eating Psychology. She gets it. It’s not easy ditching diet culture’s BS messages. And she has a plan for you. If you’re ready to ditch food guilt and body shame for good, grab her free guide: 5 Steps to Stop Feeling Crappy About Your Body & Make Eating Easy. Grab the free guide and get started today. And follow Tanya on Instagram! -SIDE BY SIDE NUTRITION. Side By Side’s dietitians work to empower people to become their own nutrition experts. Their team of health at every size and weight inclusive nutrition therapists work virtually all over the United States - and locally in Colorado. They work both individually with clients of all ages, genders, and diagnoses in addition to running ongoing online groups - including an IE and body image support group, meal support groups, Binge Eating Disorder Support Group, and Restorative Yoga. They put out free weekly content on their YouTube channel, blog, and instagram to help inspire your journey to a trusting and self-compassionate relationship with food and your body. They offer one on one nutrition and body image therapy to those who struggle with eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, they also take a variety of insurances including the large commercial insurance companies Cigna, Aetna, and United Healthcare. If you are ready work one-on-one, you can email contact@sidebysidenutrition.com or call 708-717-7394. sidebysidenutrition.com

Today I'm chatting with Kara Loewentheil, host of the Unf*ck Your Brain podcast, and former women's rights lawyer turned Master Certified Coach. And today we chat (mostly) about New Year's resolutions, and why they usually backfire, and how to approach them (if you even want to - which you don't have to want to!!!) Kara's Website Unf*ck Your Brain Kara's Podcast Unf*ck Your Brain   Sponsors!   Tanya Mark is a non diet nutritionist, body image coach, and she’s professionally certified in Intuitive Eating and Eating Psychology. She gets it. It’s not easy ditching diet culture’s BS messages. And she has a plan for you. If you’re ready to ditch food guilt and body shame for good, grab her free guide: 5 Steps to Stop Feeling Crappy About Your Body & Make Eating Easy. Grab the free guide and get started today. And follow Tanya on Instagram!   Lu Uhrich is a  Certified Eating Psychology Coach and Body Image Mentor Lu Uhrich (pronounced YER-ick) and her online course, The Mend Sessions. The Mend Sessions is a self-paced, 10-week course for the woman who’s ready to find food freedom, befriend her body and move on with her life.It serves as a powerful starting point OR a comprehensive refresher for those committed to anti-diet, weight-neutral living. The Mend Sessions is full of downloadable lessons, resources, and worksheets on the topics of intuitive eating, body image, joyful movement, self-compassion, intuition, self-talk, binge and emotional eating and more. Plus you’ll get access to expert interviews, optional community support and monthly Q+As with Lu. To learn more about the Mend Sessions and hear from past participants visit Lu’s website at luuhrich.com. And exclusively for our listeners: Use code “fuckit” at checkout to get $30 off your Mend Sessions enrollment. And follow Lu on Instagram!

What to Say To a Doctor, when intro-ing anti-diet stuff   This episode's sponsors are Juliette Sakasegawa - Your Empowered Life, and StitchFix (and my desire for as many $25 coupons I can get). More info on both all the way at the bottom

Today I'm chatting with the author of the upcoming book Laziness Does Not Exist, Dr. Devon Price. Most of us think of ourselves as inherently lazy - but what if we are just tapped out? Burnt out? Overworked? Overwhelmed? And what if laziness is actually just... normal? Protective? Even... helpful? There is almost always a pretty legit reason we *feel lazy* whether it be mental health struggles, not having the support we need, or just... being burnt out. Did you know that the 40 hour work week is too long? And studies show that the max work time you can really "get" out of people is 3-4 hours a day??? YEA!!! Listen to this one. Find Devon on instagram Devon's website Laziness Does Not Exist   Sponsors! SIDE BY SIDE NUTRITION. Side By Side’s dietitians work to empower people to become their own nutrition experts. Their team of health at every size and weight inclusive nutrition therapists work virtually all over the United States – and locally in Colorado. They put out free weekly content on their YouTube channel, blog, and instagram to help inspire your journey to a trusting and self-compassionate relationship with food and your body. They work both individually with clients of all ages, genders, and diagnoses in addition to running groups -including a body image group and binge eating group. They offer one on one nutrition and body image therapy to those who struggle with eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, they also take a variety of insurances including the large commercial insurance companies Cigna, Aetna, and United Healthcare. If you are ready work one-on-one, you can email contact@sidebysidenutrition.com or call 708-717-7394. sidebysidenutrition.com   Topaz Trauma Healing. Often, anxiety, depression, body disconnection, substance use, and negative self beliefs can actually be trauma responses, and a sign that there is trauma to process in your healing journey. If you are interested in exploring trauma work, Caroline Pegram is a SLC based licensed clinical social worker and somatic practitioner - for anyone new to the concept, somatic work is about accessing healing by feeling and getting back into the body, and is very effective for addressing trauma. Through her practice Topaz Trauma Healing, she offers online tele-mental health therapy and somatic work to folks across the country. Her approach is centered around  embodied presence, empathy, connection, and deep listening. Her work is attachment-focused, which helps to reshape relationship patterns. She is also inspired by polyvagal theory, an approach to create a sense of safety using the nervous system. Caroline embraces a HAES framework, is motivated by restorative justice, and is allied with those who are LGBTQQIA identifying. She works with ages 13 and up, as well as families who are seeking a safe environment to take up space. If you are curious about integrating this kind of work into your healing journey, you can connect with Caroline through her instagram @topaz.healing or visit her website at www.topaztraumahealing.com   

Today I'm chatting with @theshirarose, body positive fashion blogger and eating disorder therapist! I start off the episode breaking down the definition of a diet (since people like to fight me on semantics), I answer some questions from instagram, and then talk with Shira about her experience learning about HAES, and her experiences of weight stigma while trying to seek help for her eating disorder. TLDR: Eating disorders don't all look the same! Judging by appearance is the worst way to diagnose and treat an eating disorder. Find Shira's Fashion Blog Find Shira's Therapy Practice   Sponsors!   IBS FREEDOM PODCAST Do you have IBS? Feel like you are cursed to stay on a diet for the rest of your life to mitigate symptoms? Dieting may relieve IBS symptoms temporarily, but it's not getting to the root of the problem. On the IBS Freedom podcast, your hosts Amy and Nikki discuss root causes and natural remedies so that you can finally heal your IBS and eat normally again. Their expertise as a registered dietitian and a functional medicine doctor are sure to provide valuable insight no matter where you are in your IBS journey. Plus both Amy and Nikki healed their own IBS, so they speak from both personal and professional experience. The IBS Freedom Podcast is available on Youtube and podcasting platforms everywhere.   THE MEND SESSIONS The Mend Sessions is a self-paced, 10-week course for the woman who’s ready to find food freedom, befriend her body and move on with her life. This course is brought to you by Certified Eating Psychology Coach and Body Image Mentor Lu Uhrich. The Mend Sessions serve as a powerful starting point OR a comprehensive refresher for those committed to anti-diet, weight-neutral living. It's full of downloadable lessons, resources, and worksheets on the topics of intuitive eating, body image, joyful movement, self-compassion, intuition, self-talk, binge and emotional eating and more. Plus you’ll get access to expert interviews, optional community support and monthly Q+As with Lu. To learn more about the Mend Sessions and hear from past participants visit Lu’s website at luuhrich.com. And exclusively for YOU: Use code “ fuckit ” at checkout to get $30 off your Mend Sessions enrollment.  

Today I'm reading stories that were sent in by listeners, and answering some questions that were sent in! Just me and you babyyyyyyyy.   Today's Sponsors: Alissa Rumsey is a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor who empowers women to eat and live unapologetically. Her weight-inclusive private practice specializes in intuitive eating, body image healing, and disordered eating recovery with virtual 1:1 coaching, group programs, and online courses. She is also the author of the upcoming book, Unapologetic Eating. You can check out all of her offerings at alissarumsey.com or access her free guide: 5 steps to Getting Started with Intuitive Eating at http://alissarumsey.com/getstarted Stefanie Michele -  A certified health coach and Mother of 3, Stefanie healed from binge eating and orthorexia after years of struggling (thanks in part to TFID) and now helps other people through the process as her job. She also specializes in helping women heal from long standing body image issues. Follow @iamstefaniemichele and go to iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started to get her Free Guide: Unsubscribe from diet culture).

Today I chat with Jenny Weinar, LCSW of @homebodytherapy about recovery and ethical veganism and Overeater's Anonymous. We talk about how to figure out the motivation for your veganism (or any other "health practice" during recovery!!!!) We also talk why Overeater's Anonymous isn't recovery... and it's really just another way to restrict. We also talk about a way to approach navigating friends and family who aren't on board with your recovery process. It's a good one! Find Jenny's website here   Instagram Quick Links: Jenny Weinar, LCSW - @homebodytherapy Lu Uhrich & The Mend Sessions - @luuhrich Elizabeth Armstrong, PCOS therapist - @pcostherapist Unmeasured Barre Classes - @movementunmeasured The Full Diet & Cult-Mentality video on my IGTV   More info on this episode's sponsors: LU UHRICH & THE MEND SESSIONS.  Lu Uhrich (pronounced YER-ick) and her online course is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach, Body Image Mentor, and creator of The Mend Sessions. The Mend Sessions is a self-paced, 10-week course for the woman who’s ready to find food freedom, befriend her body and move on with her life. It serves as a powerful starting point OR a comprehensive refresher for those committed to anti-diet, weight-neutral living. The Mend Sessions is full of downloadable lessons, resources, and worksheets on the topics of intuitive eating, body image, joyful movement, self-compassion, intuition, self-talk, binge and emotional eating and more. Plus you’ll get access to expert interviews, optional community support and monthly Q+As with Lu. To learn more about the Mend Sessions and hear from past participants visit Lu’s website at luuhrich.com. Use code “ fuckit ” at checkout to get $30 off your Mend Sessions enrollment. ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, PCOS THERAPIST. Elizabeth is a therapist and coach who specializes in supporting people with PCOS who want to move away from diet culture and make peace with their body. With 15 years of lived experience with PCOS, she understands how deeply PCOS affects not just your physical health but your mental health as well. Elizabeth offers 1 on 1 online therapy and coaching as well as small intimate support groups. You can find her over on instagram @pcostherapist or PCOStherapy.com UNMEASURED is a virtual monthly barre membership that trades the toxic diet culture BS for body celebration. For just $25 / month you get access to a virtual library of do-anywhere barre classes refreshed weekly, curated playlists, form + modification tutorials. UNMEASURED was created for you by barre instructor Simi Botic.  Free from shame and judgment, you can honor your body and enjoy a fun, intuitive relationship with movement. you can go to unmeasured.simibotic.com    

Today I chat with Casey Bonano, a dietitian specializing in eating disorders, about what to expect when you are in the early stages of re-feeding. For instance, what if someone eats a whole box of waffles?! Is that too much? We also focus on how to support a loved one who is healing their relationship with food, as well as how to talk to your loved ones if you are healing your relationship with food.  * Instagram quick follows: Casey Bonano - @dallasnutritionalcounseling Side By Side Nutrition -@sidebysidenutrition Kirsten Ackerman - @theintuitive_rd Unmeasured - @movementunmeasured Simi Botic - @simibotic * Learn more about this episode's sponsors: SIDE BY SIDE NUTRITION. Side By Side’s dietitians work to empower people to become their own nutrition experts. Their team of health at every size and weight inclusive nutrition therapists work virtually all over the United States - and locally in Colorado. They put out free weekly content on their YouTube channel, blog, and instagram to help inspire your journey to a trusting and self-compassionate relationship with food and your body. They work both individually with clients of all ages, genders, and diagnoses in addition to running groups -including a body image group and binge eating group. They offer one on one nutrition and body image therapy to those who struggle with eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, they also take a variety of insurances including the large commercial insurance companies Cigna, Aetna, and United Healthcare. If you are ready work one-on-one, you can email contact@sidebysidenutrition.com or call 708-717-7394. sidebysidenutrition.com KIRTEN ACKERMAN, NON-DIET DIETITIAN. This episode is brought to you by Kirsten Ackerman, who was my guest on the April 12th episode where we talked about Weight Loss Surgery. Kirsten works virtually and can help guide you to restore trust in your body, attune to your own internal cues, and explore practices of body image healing. She is also the author of The Intuitive Eating Plan, host of the Intuitive Bites Podcast,  follow her on instagram @theintuitive_rd. Or go to theintuitiverd.com/ UNMEASURED is a virtual monthly barre membership that trades the toxic diet culture BS for body celebration. For just $25 / month you get access to a virtual library of do-anywhere barre classes refreshed weekly, curated playlists, form + modification tutorials. UNMEASURED was created for you by barre instructor Simi Botic.  Free from shame and judgment, you can honor your body and enjoy a fun, intuitive relationship with movement. you can go to unmeasured.simibotic.com

Today I'm talking to my college best friend, Melanie Morgan. I met her freshman year when I was a raw vegan, and she tells the story of when we first met (and she thought I was nuts). And apparently, six years later, I also forced her to become paleo with me. I totally forgot that. In this episode we chat about mental health, my diets before The F*ck It Diet, and lots of other absurd things. You can find Melanie on instagram here, and Melanie's podcast with her husband and other friends at Have You Seen The Podcast! This episode's anti-diet sponsors! (In the very least, I recommend you follow them on social media and get their free content!) Side By Side Nutrition Free Video Series: Weight Gain WTF The #1 Thing stopping people from successfully Intuitive Eating? Fear of Weight Gain. If that's your fear around healing your relationship to food, you're not alone! The Body Love Society is offering a free 5 day video series called Weight Gain WTF! It will provide mindset shifts and tools for you to see past your fear of weight gain, and move forward in your journey to food and body freedom. You can access the video series for free at bit.ly/weightgainwtf Linda Tucker Coaching Linda Tucker is proud to call herself an Anti-Diet Coach, supporting people as they re-learn how to enjoy food and trust their body again. She has a specific interest in the nuances of how to stay on the non-diet path while also trying to manage chronic health issues. Keeping her coaching accessible and affordable, she offers virtual sessions to people all around the world. Linda has hosted multiple book clubs, including The Fuck It Diet !!! - and she provides free consultations for anyone who may be curious, reach out and say hi at LindaTuckerCoaching.com ! Lauren Redwine of Wellness with Redwine Lauren is an anti-diet coach, and her mission is to challenge “wellness as usual” and give you some motherf*cking freedom. She received her health coaching certification back in 2013 from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and her Masters in Psychology in 2019.  She follows an Intuitive Eating, anti-diet approach with her clients. When Lauren was going through her health certification she tried diets, cleanses, and “healthy lifestyle” eating in order to live like she thought a health coach should. After each attempt to follow a plan she would inevitably find herself in a violent binging phase only to start a new diet plan all over again on Monday. Lauren felt extremely alone because NO ONE was talking about this, especially in the health & wellness world. But she has since found freedom -- and can help you get there too. In Lauren’s 1:1 coaching program, she helps health-conscious entrepreneurs: lose the obsession with food & gain freedom, stop the diet-binge cycle, learn how to connect to & trust their bodies again, and separate their self-worth from their appearance. If you are interested in learning more about Lauren's work, you can find her on Instagram @wellnesswithredwine or sign up for her newsletter at laurenredwine.com

It's time for a pandemic pep talk! Let's talk about procrastination, the pressure we put on ourselves, and work-from-home boundaries with Licensed Therapist Edie Stark! We also chat about how to manage triggering diet culture ads on tv. This was recording back in April, and I meant to release it in early June, but our world had a more pressing convo about privilege and racism that pushed this to the back burner. However! The things we chat about are still relevant and can be applied to what we are going through as this pandemic drags on, and we have to keep adjusting to new ways of working, living, and socializing. Follow Edie Stark on Instagram! *** This episode's sponsors! (All are awesome anti-diet support and resources!) CAITLIN OLSEN, HAES-informed licensed therapist & boundaries coach Healthy boundaries are vital to healing your relationship with weight and food - especially when we're all surrounded by friends, families, coworkers, magazines, and an internet, all firmly entrenched in diet culture. Caitlin Olsen is a HAES-informed licensed therapist as well as a boundaries coach. Caitlin offers one-on-one and small group coaching to help you learn how to supplement your body and food freedom with clear, stable boundaries. Find and follow her work on Instagram at @therapywithcaitlin and check out her Boundaries for Beginners course! UNMEASURED virtual barre classes by Simi Botic UNMEASURED is a virtual monthly barre membership that trades the toxic diet culture BS for body celebration. For just $25 / month, get 24/7 access to a virtual library of do-anywhere barre classes refreshed weekly, curated playlists, form + modification tutorials, live classes, and more. UNMEASURED was created for you by barre instructor, certified intuitive eating counselor, and anti-diet health coach Simi Botic.  Free from shame and judgment, you can honor your body and enjoy a fun, intuitive relationship with movement. FREE VIRTUAL CONNECTION with @dietitiananna on Instagram! Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, invites you you to join the virtual connection community. Every Monday, she donates an hour of her time to talk to you on Instagram live @dietitananna! Bring a meal or snack, and questions, and talk eating disorder recovery, body image healing, and all things anti-diet. Even more special? More virtual connection happens on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, with Christyna Anderson, Haley Goodrich, and Bri Campos. All of these conversations are free of charge and happen on Instagram live! *** If you'd like to share a TFID success story that you think will be helpful to podcast listeners, send them to podcast@carolinedooner.com If you'd like to learn about advertising on The F*ck It Diet podcast, check out the details here!    

Welcome to a podcast hosted by my dog, Molly, as she tells you about all the scary things outside the window. When Molly finally lets me talk, I share my chat with Victoria Welsby, author and creator of Fierce Fatty, TEDx speaker, podcaster, and.... y'know, fierce fatty! She and I chat about her journey from insecure and homeless at 17, to the confident coach she is today. We also chat about her experience on the BBC reality show "Who Are You Calling Fat?" and talk about reality tv behind the scenes stuff. Filled with crispy nuggets of wisdom. Plus get my 3 minute hot take on Jillian Michaels' "hot take" on intuitive eating! Find Victoria: Fierce Fatty on Instagram Victoria's Site!  

Is bingeing the same thing as Binge Eating Disorder? (No, not exactly.) Does Binge Eating Disorder require restriction to treat? (NO.) Is bingeing a response to physical and/or mental restriction? (YES.) Can trauma/emotions/anxiety cause Binge Eating Disorder without the presence of restriction?? (Yes! However it is extremely rare in our culture for restriction/guilt to not ALSO enter the picture after the fact, and therein lies the importance of addressing restriction, even if and when it isn’t the cause.) The line between disordered eating (bingeing) and Binge Eating Disorder is blurred, just like it is for all disordered eating/eating disorders. People binge in response to restriction, and they binge in response to trauma, anxiety, or difficult emotions. The important thing to remember though, is even if restriction isn’t the main cause of your bingeing, it is probably a big piece of it, just because of the culture we live in. Addressing restriction is extremely important, along with any other emotional/trauma-based treatment. Anyone with an active eating disorder should be getting treatment, and The F*ck It Diet is just a supplement. (Note: This particle post is associated with an episode that I recorded on August 1st, 2020, responding to a disgruntled instagram follower who was angry that I was “ignoring binge eating disorder” in my instagram posts, and saying that I imply that all binge eating disorder is a response to restriction. To get the full drama, (anonymous) angry comments and DMs, the accusations of being unethical and predatory, and my full response, listen to the episode above. For the purposes of this post, I am going to distill it down to discussing the nuance of bingeing vs. BED.) The first and most important thing I want people to know about bingeing, is that when it is in response to calorie restriction, it is the body's attempt to protect you against past and future famine. In a very basic sense: it is protective. And if you've tried to diet a lot, whether you were "successful" or not it is also going to be a response to diet thoughts. That's an example of what people mean when they say: "mental" restriction. Restriction doesn't have to be literal and physical (ie, less calories), it can just be mental guilt, rules, or diet ideation. A LOT of our collective bingeing is because of our collective dieting, and out collective diet culture. The question then becomes, is that all? Do we binge for other reasons? To make sure I've covered my bases, I consulted Casey Bonano, CEDRD-S to weigh in on bingeing vs Binge Eating Disorder (BED). She is a Dietitian specializing in Eating Disorders, an anti-diet approach, HAES, & Intuitive Eating. You can follow her on instagram here, and find her Food Freedom Guide here. Here is Casey’s breakdown of the difference between bingeing and Binge Eating Disorder: “Bingeing is usually based on restriction, and with incorporating all foods, some self reflection, and general coping skills it can be resolved. BED is more complex and will take a deeper dive into the psychological or emotional components, usually requiring mental health professions such as a therapist and a dietitian, but restriction (whether physical or mental) is often a component of BED as well and must first be addressed or ruled out before the emotional work can be done.” There are people who believe that avoiding binge trigger foods is the way to treat Binge Eating Disorder, along with addressing the emotional/mental components of BED. I do not consider this a full recovery, as it uses restriction as a treatment. This is treating one eating disorder with another eating disorder. This will tend to backfire longer term, or just be manifested as restrictive disordered eating. When people claim that avoiding binge foods is how they “recovered” – I would never tell them that their lived experience isn’t valid, people should do what they feel is working for them,

Today I am sharing my conversation with Alishia McCullough, one of the creators of the #AmplifyMelanatedVoices Challenge. Alishia is a trauma-informed eating disorder therapist and writer, who advocates for fat liberation and racial healing. Our conversation is about the intersection between racism, trauma, and eating disorders. Find Alishia on instagram: @blackandembodied Find Alishia's Holistic Black Healing Collective Here Find Alishia's 7 Circles of Whiteness Article and Class   The books Alishia mentions: The Body Keeps the Score Medical Apartheid Alishia's Amazon Book Wish List (great resource!)

Welcome to this non-episode episode where I talk about how I am doing not-that-great during month 4 of this quarantine, how me and my soul are boiling alive, and share some inspiring listener stories with you. If you want to send in your own stories for the podcast, please send them to podcast@carolinedooner.com

A few weeks ago, I posted on instagram about diet culture being a manifestation of white supremacy, and, only after did I realize that it was like throwing some people into the pool before they learned how to swim, especially because I casually mentioned white privilege, in passing, and many people responded saying they were white but did NOT have privilege. And I realized: ah, I did not, take Maria Von Trapp’s advice to start from the very beginning, the very good place to start. So I want to give my overview on privilege and intersectionality: what it is, how to look at it, and how privileges can overlap and intersect. So first: WHAT IS INTERSECTIONALITY: Intersectionality is a theoretical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social identities can combine to create unique modes of discrimination. Intersectionality identifies injustices that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. (Thank you Wikipedia) Some different factors and identities that can overlap: body size race sexual orientation gender: male vs woman gender expression cis vs trans or nonbinary class or financial situation you’re born into, or make it into and even beauty, or fitting into eurocentric beauty standards, (that is a facet of white supremacy, which we will talk about more later   FAT PHOBIA AND THIN PRIVILEGE We are starting here, because this is the piece I usually talk about as it relates DIRECTLY to dieting and weight loss. We live in a fat phobic world, a world that idolizes, fetishizes, and prioritizes thinner, leaner bodies, which means people who are naturally in thinner bodies have luck - privilege, to naturally exist in the thinner body, and fit in with ease, whereas people in bigger bodies are marginalized and stigmatized. The trickier thing about fatphobia and thin privilege, is because we can diet and exercises and change our bodies (to a certain extent), lots of people think that body size is NOT privilege, we think it’s actually a good measurer of character and responsibility and hard work. But that is ignoring our body’s overall ability to fight back, though, because it fights back over a longer period of time, it isn’t as immediately obvious to us. When it fights back, we assume that’s just us losing our willpower. Naturally thinner people who spend a lot of time working out or thinking about that they eat, think that their body is ALL because of “dedication” and “hard work,” which ignores the fact that at least a big chunk of it, is the fact that their body is meant to be thinner and they don’t happen to be fighting against the body size they are meant to be. They have thin privilege, but chalk it all up to their “no excuses” lifestyle. It’s also ignoring the fact that a lot of people who do successfully keep their weight low, or even lower than their body wants, may have an eating disorder or disordered eating, that happens to be socially acceptable, praised, and admired. (eek!) And it’s ignoring the fact that some people truly are meant to be in bigger bodies, genetically or otherwise, and forcing themselves to be smaller in order to fit in and experience some thin privilege, can be really bad for them mentally and physically. We live in a world where thinness is seen as superior, even morally superior to fatness. And like most privileges, there’s a spectrum, so even someone who doesn’t think of themselves as thin, may have some thin privilege. Even "small fat" people have thin privilege compared to people in super-fat or infinifat bodies. Understanding the Fat Spectrum And, the way OVERLAPPING privileges work, is that even someone who doesn’t have any other privileges of money or race/whiteness or heterosexuality, who is naturally thin, HAS THIN PRIVILEGE, even if they don’t have other privileges, and even if their life has been very very difficult. It means that even throughout all of their struggles, they have no had to deal with the struggles and the ...

This episode starts with 30 minutes of anti-racism resources, and then a 30 minute chat with Chrissy King back in March 2020. Chrissy is a writer, speaker, and fitness coach, and is currently enrolling Anti-Racism Crash Courses for Fitness and Wellness Professionals on July 15th, 16th, and 17th (all separate events!). We don't address racism in our conversation, the conversation was back in March, and focused on how she healed her relationship with fitness and food, but please join me in supporting her current anti-racist educational content. Find Chrissy's Anti-Racism Crash Course Visit Chrissy's Website Follow Chrissy's Instagram   Some Anti-Racist Thoughts and Resources During the first 30 minutes of this episode, the long "intro" before my conversation with Chrissy, I share some very introductory content on Anti-Racism, and share resources, accounts, and books to buy and read. All of the content I talk about is linked below in the show notes, and more (I added some more resources to the links below that I didn't know to mention when I recorded the episode!)   Show Notes:   2:06 Find Chrissy's Anti-Racist Crash Course   5:25 My twitter thread on “I’m Not Racist!” vs. Anti-Racism  “You never arrive at allyship, you must continue to practice allyship” -@itsjacksonbbz   9:15 Trauma Racism is a re-occurring trauma. Trauma requires safety to heal from. Books on Trauma: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies  The Body Keeps the Score  Waking the Tiger    11:52 My break from social media: Why I took it and what it was like.   20:20 Resources: Sabrina Strings Book: Fearing the Black Body, to learn how diet culture and white supremacy are very connected and always have been. Sabrina Strings on Christy Harrison’s podcast Food Psych  The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor The Nap Ministry instagram talks about rest as a form of resistance, specifically geared towards black people and centuries of chronic exhaustion #AmplifyMelanatedVoices was started by: Alishia McCullough Jessica Wilson, MS. RD.  I am also learning from Rachel Cargle through her Patreon: The Great Unlearn  Here is an article compiling Anti-Racist research Other Books About Race and Racism: So You Want to Talk About Race  White Fragility  Me and White Supremacy   23:59: A thread that explains #abolishthepolice and what it actually means   32:11 Chrissy King conversation on how she shifted from shrinking to strengthening. Remember to follow along with Chrissy's work! Find Chrissy's Anti-Racism Crash Course Chrissy's Website Chrissy's Instagram   This episode is brought to you by: The F*ck It Diet Book, The F*ck It Diet Archive on Patreon, my social media hiatus, and my second book that is still figuring out what it is and what it wants to be.

Diet culture demonizes cultural foods. Today I'm sharing my chat with Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, on instagram @Your.Latina.Nutritionist who chats with me about her journey to intuitive eating and why nobody needs to avoid simple carb cultural foods: white rice, potatoes, pasta, etc. #WELOVEWHITERICE Show Notes 00: Hellooooooooo 3:38: My conversation with Dalina! Find Dalina's website here Find her on instagram @Your.Latina.Nutritionist 25:25: My oily hair saga 41:30: My Marvel movie watching overview

Common question: "So you say that restricting food causes food fixation, what about alcohol? Should I stop restricting it?" The answer isn't straight forward, but the short answer is: food and alcohol are different beasts. So, today I'm sharing my conversation with Amanda White, LPC. This one is about alcohol culture, disordered drinking, and the overlap it can have with diet culture and our relationship with food. This episode, and my perspective, is not anti-alcohol. I am hoping we can all have curiosity around our relationship with alcohol (and everything, really!) And this conversation may be helpful to reflect on your own relationship with alcohol, and our culture's relationship with alcohol too! Follow Amanda White on Instagram! Therapy For Women Website

Hello! Here is an erratic and haphazard Q&A! Just what you've always wished for! The Fuck It Diet book club is only enrolling for a few more days, check out the details here! And this is the link I promised during the Q&A

Today I'm bringing you a long and wonderful conversation with Sonalee Rashatwar, aka The Fat Sex Therapist on instagram. She talks about the experiences that led her to do the work she does, and have the perspective she has around body autonomy and gender identity. We talk about PCOS, being put on diets when we were young, and way more! Show Notes: 0:00 Hello AGAIN for god's sake 2:29: My convo with Sonalee (find her on instagram here!) 58:22 Let's talk about my oily hair! Also, The Fuck It Diet Book Club, my group coaching program, is enrolling now through May 6th, 2020! Watch my Free Workshop on The 5 Tools for people who've read the book!

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Let's talk about bariatric surgery/weight loss surgery! Today I am chatting with registered dietitian Kirsten Ackerman, who specializes in intuitive eating and health at every size, who also used to work with patients who had a bariatric surgery. We talk about lots of risks and common experiences that people who have undergone bariatric surgery experience. We also talk about how now, during this pandemic, is a really hard time for people to begin healing their relationship with food, and why! I also talk about my new quarantine activity: watching all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and watching every Sebastian Stan interview. A Sebastian Stan Stan, if you will. Show Notes: 00: HELLO YOU COOL CATS AND KITTENS 2:40 My chat with Kirsten Ackerman on intuitive eating weight loss surgery. Follow Kirsten on instagram! Kirsten's website and podcast! 28:45 Reading two listener emails! 37:57 EFT Tapping / Energy Work 43:19 Rambling about tiny head concert series, marvel, and how I'm reverting to old coping mechanisms of living in a fantasy life during quarantine.

This is a bonus episode! Today is a shorter little minisode where I talk about letting go of the unnecessary shoulds during this weird time (like: I gave myself permission NOT to do this bonus episode... but...), plus I read some listener emails and answer two questions. I'll be back next week with a full episode! Sign up for free book bonuses and ::5 Tools Workshop:: on April 17th!  

We are talking about both type 1 and type 2. Did you know that sugar does not cause diabetes? Not even type 2? Did you know that weight gain does not cause diabetes either? Did you know that the issue with diabetes is that your cells aren't getting sugar, not that you shouldn't eat sugar? Today I'm talking to dietitian and diabetes expert Lauren Newman RD, LD, and busting lots of unhelpful myths about diabetes. In the episode we also break down the difference between type 1 and type 2, but debunk a lot of blame that people with type 2 get. Type 2 is caused by metabolic factors, often genetic or chronic stress related - it’s a dysfunction of the way the body metabolizes sugar. And/or insulin resistance, which means the cells aren’t getting sugar even though it’s in the blood stream. But our cells need sugar to keep us alive. Insulin resistance is not caused by consumption of carbs or sugar or (or higher weight). There are lots and lots fo reasons people might have insulin resistance, one of them, is yo-yo dieting and weight cycling. The other important thing to remember, is that Type 2 diabetes it can and does exist in thin people and people who eat an objectively “healthy diet.” Conversely, lots and lots of people eat a lot of sugar and never get diabetes. People blame it on the carbs or sugar, but it’s the underlying conditions in the first place. Another example, is that exercise is good for insulin resistance, with or without weight loss, but if people start to exercise and lose weight, and their symptoms improve, weight loss tends to gets the credit, when exercise should be getting the credit. Blaming sugar is easy, but it is still missing the mark, and is an oversimplification that can also make people dysfunctional with food which ironically, can exacerbate insulin resistance all on its own. Listen to episode for way more context from Lauren!   Show notes: 00: Lots of rambling housekeeping today, you can fast forward and here is the gist: The F*ck It Diet Book Club is coming up and if you've read the book, I'm releasing a free Workshop on The 5 Tools, sign up to be sent the free workshop here. 8:45 Reading listener emails about TFID + Quarantine Silver Linings. Send yours to podcast@carolinedooner.com 16:48 My convo with Lauren Newman! Be sure to follow her on instagram at @gofeedyourself_ 47:56 More listener emails! Plus Tiger King and RHOC Podcast Sponsor: Better Help! Get 10% off of your first month of online counseling at betterhelp.com/tfid and use code TFID.

This is a bonus episode!! Usually I do an episode every other week. But hey! The world is upside down! I am going to be putting out more episodes during this crazy world-wide quarantine. Today I talk about how forced shelter in place is very different from the way I define rest, I talk to body image coach Summer Innanen about quarantine self-care, and chat with my sister Margaret about her broken arm, her relationship with food, her health journey, and she spills lots of her secrets. *** Show Notes: 00:00 Hello! Welcome to the bonus episode!!! 3:10 I share how this forced quarantine is very different from my own personal definition of rest. Being forced to stay in your house is not inherently the same as resting. 8:57 My convo with Summer Innanen, body image coach :-) Find Summer Innanen's free workshop here! 42:30 My convo with my sister Margaret about her broken arm - and all of her secrets *** Also, you can find archived content from old programs and archived podcast episodes, like my Archived Episode with Summer from 2016 at patreon.com/carolinedooner. 

Let's talk about the coronavirus panic, the food and resource hoarding, the current realities of this global pandemic, AND let's also talk about the silver lining, find a little thread of optimism, and figure out what's reasonable panic and what's unnecessary panic! And let's also start viewing dense food as life sustaining OK!?!?!?!   This episode's show notes:   I answer the following questions (and more): I find myself food hoarding and stress eating with the coronavirus panic. Is this a bad sign? What can I do about it? I bought and stocked up on lots of food but have not been eating it, is this an ED flare up? Do I have spring allergies or the coronavirus???   Plus, I also talk about: How diet culture is trying to co-opt our panic Some simple ways to stress relieve and take care of yourself when everything feels scary And other tiny silver linings of self-isolation. Plus! At the end, I have a convo with my (weed-loving) friend about coronavirus and... weed & the munchies & disordered eating. (She also is a therapist and has an LMFT!) You can follow Katie's dog here: @henryphillypup And you can follow the HAES aligned therapy group we mentioned here: @wctherapygroup! Check them out! You can find Christy Harrison's twitter thread about COVID-19 and ob**ity here (mentioned in the episode) And for online therapy, click here for Better Help, this podcast's sponsor. You'll fill out a questionnaire and then you'll be matched with an online therapist within 24 hours (without leaving your HOME). Get 10% off your first month with discount code TFID  !!

Ever since The F*ck It Diet book came out, I've been paying attention to the most commonly asked questions, and trying to address them. And one of the biggest question themes is about weight set point. And the first thing I want to always point out, is that it's a weight set range. Whenever anyone refers to weight set point, the point is actually a weight range where your body feels safest. This is not exactly a newbie question, this is usually a question people ask after they've read the book and start worrying about what this process is going to be like for them, which is understandable. There is usually a thought process that goes something like: "Ok, so you're telling me that my bingeing and food addiction is not actually a food addiction, but more of biological food fixation thanks to food insecurity, past attempts at dieting, diet mentality, food guilt, and the threat of future diets? Ok. And you're telling me that when I get out of the yo-yo, stop restricting, start truly trusting and feeding my body, that my appetite will normalize? OK... And you're telling me that my body has a weight set point where it wants to be, and will settle there if I can just trust my appetite??" Well, again, it's a weight range, not a static point. And with the disclaimer that The F*ck It Diet book will do a way better job of explaining the nuances of this process beyond the 95-word inner monologue synopsis I wrote above, let's get to the common questions about weight set range: HOW MUCH OF A RANGE IS MY WEIGHT SET RANGE? HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO STABILIZE IN MY WEIGHT SET RANGE?!?! HOW WILL I KNOW THAT I'VE SETTLED IN MY WEIGHT SET RANGE???? In a way, I regret all of the focus I have to put on normalizing in a weight set range because it can become, in it's own way, a diet-like mentality. It puts the focus on weight. It makes a promise about weight that people focus on in a way that can undermine healing. I tend to prefer focusing on how allowing food, and eating more food, can calm down fixation on food, compulsive eating, binge eating, feelings of food addiction, and even emotional eating. At the same time, I also understand the focus on weight. I understand that's an essential piece of the puzzle. And if I said: Just eat a lot, gain lots of weight, fuck weight stabilization and frankly: fuck everything and everyone, most people would say: Eh, No thanks. Sounds like anarchy. Though, it should be said that I think that anarchy would be healing in its own right, it's still not really the full picture. Because... what the fuck is going on with our weight? Why do we struggle with weight? Why do we seem to gain weight at the drop of a hat, while other people don't? How does weight work? Of COURSE WE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS! And without some sort of assurance that you will have a more stable experience with your eating and weight, I'm not sure many people would take the leap. And, contrary to what The F*ck It Diet's biggest detractors think, I'm not encouraging people to gorge themselves into oblivion just for the freaking sake of it, even though, again, I support it if that's what your soul is calling you towards. Because after being forced to obsess over something as soul sucking as the size of your body for years, fuck everyone, really. But, the truth is, that we are obsessed with food, act out of control with food, and feel addicted to food because of our fear of food and weight. The biggest predictor for future weight gain, weight cycling, and binge eating, is dieting and intentional weight loss. So if what you want is to feel calmer around food, and stop putting your body through the ringer, you've gotta step off the treadmill, figuratively speaking, in the very least. Talking about how feeding yourself can help you stabilize in your weight range is a selling point for TFID and listening to your hunger, because, first of all, it's true, and second,

Today I chat with Lauren Leavell, a body inclusive fitness coach in Philadelphia. She talks about her own journey and the moment she wondered if she could be a fitness coach and personal trainer in the body she had... (then she just... did it). Now she intentionally creates safe fitness environments for others.  Listen to our convo! Time Stamps! 00: HELLO! And "this is my new podcast structure" 2:10 Listener email from Ruth 11:03 Sponsor! Affordable online therapy from your own darn home! Betterhelp.com/tfid and use code TFID for 10% off your first month. 15:28 My conversation with Lauren Leavell (links below!) 36:00 Let the Rambling Begin 48:00 The F*ck It Diet Book Club is going to enroll in April! 49:20 Patreon.com/carolinedooner is BACK!!!!!! It's a place to ask questions for the podcast or at the $10 you'll get archived Q&As from past programs, as well as archived podcast episodes and posts, PLUS priority with you podcast Q&As   Links!: Lauren's instagram Lauren's website Black Girl Barre - a special workshop for Black History Month at Lumos for Black womxn and non-binary folks to come take Barre and journal in a safe fitness space. Larkin's instagram (the mutual friend, colleague and owner of Lumos Barre and Yoga.) Lumos Yoga and Barre instagram

In this episode, Maddie Deakin (of Messy Health) shares her experience with extreme dieting while she was in nutrition school, being the only larger bodied person in her nutrition class, using dieting as a coping mechanism to feel a sense of control, and her experience recovering from disordered eating in a larger body. She also shares great advice and inspiration for people who are recovering from years of dieting and disordered eating. Maddie Deakin (the mind behind the account Messy Health) is a HAES and Non-Diet Nutritionist (BFoodSc&Nutr) in Australia, and she explores the intersection between food, health, and the body - without dieting. Listen to the episode for my convo with Maddie. Plus! I share a new listener email about their experience, and a story about my dog Molly being in a fight with a tapestry of Jeff Goldblum. Follow Maddie Deakin at Messy Health